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The 50 most hated office jargon phrases

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‘Blue-sky thinking’, ‘pinging emails’ and ‘drilling down’ have been named as some of the most annoying office phrases – according to a new poll.Jargon clichés such as ‘running something up the flagpole’, ‘thinking outside the box’ and ‘taking something offline’, also featured prominently.Nearly eight in ten, 79%, of office workers also confessed to using at least two examples of cringeworthy office jargon each day.Other examples of management speak which made workers see red included ‘on my radar’, singing from the same hymn-sheet’, and ‘low hanging fruit’.

Re: The 50 most hated office jargon phrases

"Do more with less" I hated when the boss suggested that we increase output with fewer resources. To me, this is another way of saying we were under-performing. We're going to cut your grocery budget in half, but we want you to come home with more groceries than you did before the cut. Nonsense!!

Re: The 50 most hated office jargon phrases

Originally Posted by Mr. Wizard

"Do more with less" I hated when the boss suggested that we increase output with fewer resources. To me, this is another way of saying we were under-performing. We're going to cut your grocery budget in half, but we want you to come home with more groceries than you did before the cut. Nonsense!!

Mr. Wiz., I think the office jargon that you are looking for which applies here, is that the boss didn't think the workforce was................................ "COST EFFECTIVE." lol!

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